U.S. Wheat Farmers, Japanese Millers Reaffirm Long-Lasting Relationships During Reciprocal Trade Missions
Making a sale takes a click of a button, but maintaining a market as large and long-lasting as Japan requires decades of shared commitment between U.S. wheat farmers and Japanese customers. Two trade missions this summer exemplify the success of these continued efforts – one bringing Japanese millers to the United States and the other […]
Ecuadorian Team Gets Firsthand Look at U.S. Wheat In Idaho and Oklahoma
There’s just something special about watching a wheat field wave in the wind, no matter if you are an international grain buyer or the wheat farmer hosting them in your field. A team of four Ecuadorian wheat buyers and millers recently stepped foot in their first wheat fields in Idaho and Oklahoma as part of […]
USW Trade Team Season Will Include Bringing Farmers and Customers Together
A busy U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) trade team season begins with the arrival of Japanese flour milling executives on April 26. It ends in mid-September, when the Taiwan Agricultural Trade Goodwill Mission makes its biennial visit to Washington, D.C. to focus on trade and trade relationships. Throughout the summer, buyers and milling staff from South […]
Trade Team Season is Here, Providing Customers of U.S. Wheat a Professional and Personal Experience
Above photo: Idaho wheat farmer and USW Vice Chairman Clark Hamilton talks with members of a South American wheat trade team about his wheat fields during a past trade team visit. Wheat buyers from Egypt, Japan the Philippines and three other countries are scheduled to visit the U.S. in coming months to seek information about […]
U.S. Wheat Associates Sees Positive Outcome at WTO Ministerial Conference
To misquote Mark Twain, reports of the death of agricultural negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) are exaggerated. That is a key message for the world’s wheat growers and buyers following the Thirteenth WTO Ministerial Conference (MC13) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In the WTO photo above, Director General Okonjo-Iweala encouraged members to […]
USW Hosts Delegation of European Flour Millers
Flour milling companies from nine European countries made up a delegation that visited Washington, D.C. Sept. 24-28 to learn about the 2023 U.S. wheat crop and developments involving global markets, trade policy and emerging technologies. U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) hosted the team, providing a series of presentations by USW staff and representatives of partner organizations. […]
USW’s North Asia Board Team Wrapping Up Visit to Three Vital Markets
Taeyoung Grain Terminal’s CEO took time from his busy schedule March 8, 2023, to meet with U.S. farmers from Idaho, Montana and Nebraska and explain what happens when a shipment of imported U.S. wheat arrives in South Korea (photo above). It was a fitting way for the U.S. Wheat Associates’ (USW) 2023 North Asia Board […]
Taiwan Team Signs Letter of Intent to Purchase 69.8 Million Bushels of U.S. Wheat
Representatives from the Taiwan Flour Millers Association (TFMA) signed a Letter of Intent September 14, 2022, with U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) to purchase 1.9 million metric tons – about 69.8 million bushels – of wheat from the U.S. over the next two years, a commitment with an estimated value of $576 million. The signing, held […]
Wheat Industry News
Recent news and highlights from around the U.S. wheat industry. Speaking of Wheat “The Russian naval blockade of Ukrainian ports has already shredded global chains of food supply. Adding insult to injury, Russia steals Ukrainian grain and bombs Ukrainian granaries. Russia is essentially playing hunger games with the world by keeping the naval blockade of […]
U.S. Wheat Supply Chain System: Farmers and State Wheat Commissions
By Michael Anderson, USW Assistant Director, USW West Coast Office “Everywhere the grain stood ripe and the hot afternoon was full of the smell of the ripe wheat, like the smell of bread baking in an oven. The breath of the wheat and the sweet clover passed him like a pleasant thing in a dream.” […]